Chapter 13: A West Point Story

Cadet Brad Wudby experienced an extrodinary experince at the United States Military Academy, better known as West Point. He was a football player who experienced significant difficulties and was retaliated against by his chain of command. Despite completeing requirements for graduation, then Cadet Wudby was kicked out and forced to pay back his tuition. What did he do? He filed suit against West Point and applied to the Army Board of Corrections for Military Records. 

In May of 2007, the board ruled to reinstate his degree, but the Secretary of the Army overruled the Boards decision. The importance of this case is showing the unprecedented power that these arbitrary military board of corrections have, and despite ruling in favor of service members, the Service Secretaries can overrule these decisions. They should not have these ultimate authorities that disregard the Constitutional Rights of our service members. In the end, Brady Wudby was awarded his "equivalent completion" degree, but it did not come without personal mental health consequences when he became a Narcotics and Organized Crime Detective for the New Jersey Port Authority as a law enforcement officer.